Why Solving Crime in Coronavirus-Tainted America Just Became More Dangerous

Maggie Ybarra
April 13, 2020 Topic: Security Region: Americas Tags: CoronavirusPandemicBiohazardCrimeBaltimore

Why Solving Crime in Coronavirus-Tainted America Just Became More Dangerous

On the streets of Baltimore, the grim task of recovering facts has suddenly become far grimmer because the evidence that supports them could prove to be poisonous. The coronavirus could be lurking on a gunshot victim’s clothes, on the money he dropped as he fled from his assailant, on the shiny shell casings left to roll with the wind across the street. It could easily hitch a ride with an unsuspecting officer or follow a detective home.

 

Maggie Ybarra is a senior editor at the National Interest.

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